ISO 22000

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"ISO 22000" (2018)
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ISO 22000 is an international standard that defines the requirements of a food safety management system (FSMS) for food safety. It is applicable to all organizations in the food chain, from farm to fork, including feed producers, primary producers, food manufacturers, transport and storage operators, subcontractors, retail and food service outlets, and related organizations such as producers of equipment, packaging material, cleaning agents, additives, and ingredients.

History

The standard was first published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 2005. The latest version, ISO 22000:2018, was released in June 2018. This version adopts the High-Level Structure (HLS) common to all ISO management system standards, making it easier to integrate with other management systems such as ISO 9001.

Structure

ISO 22000 follows the Annex SL structure, which includes the following main sections:

• Scope
• Normative references
• Terms and definitions
• Context of the organization
• Leadership
• Planning
• Support
• Operation
• Performance evaluation
• Improvement

Key Elements

ISO 22000 incorporates the principles of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) system and application steps developed by the Codex Alimentarius Commission. The standard requires an organization to:

• Establish a food safety policy
• Set objectives that drive the company's efforts to comply with this policy
• Plan and design a management system and document the system
• Maintain records of the performance of the system
• Establish a team of qualified individuals to make the system work
• Define communication procedures to ensure effective communication with all stakeholders
• Establish a system for managing emergencies
• Monitor and measure the system's performance and effectiveness
• Continually improve the system

Certification

Organizations can seek certification to ISO 22000 to demonstrate their compliance with the standard. Certification is performed by accredited certification bodies, which conduct audits to verify that the organization's FSMS meets the requirements of ISO 22000.

Related Standards

ISO 22000 is part of the ISO 22000 family of standards, which includes:

• ISO/TS 22002-1: Prerequisite programs on food safety - Part 1: Food manufacturing
• ISO/TS 22002-2: Prerequisite programs on food safety - Part 2: Catering
• ISO/TS 22002-3: Prerequisite programs on food safety - Part 3: Farming
• ISO/TS 22002-4: Prerequisite programs on food safety - Part 4: Food packaging manufacturing
• ISO/TS 22002-5: Prerequisite programs on food safety - Part 5: Transport and storage

See Also

• Food safety
• Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points
• ISO 9001
• Codex Alimentarius
• International Organization for Standardization